Heat Treat Acquisitions/P & L Heat Treating, Youngstown, Ohio, USA

Heat Treat Acquisitions/P & L Heat Treating, Youngstown, Ohio, USA

2018 was a banner year for acquisitions in the North American commercial heat treating industry-possibly a record breaking year (if we ignore Bodycote acquiring Lindberg all those years ago). No company has been more prolific though than Thermal Process Holdings....
Paulo Celebrates Milestone Anniversary

Paulo Celebrates Milestone Anniversary

Paulo is celebrating its milestone 75th year in business. The company was founded in 1943 in St. Louis by husband and wife Ben and Pauline Rassieur. The two had previously worked for Central Mine Equipment Company. Pauline, after whom Paulo is named, was one of...
Contour Saws Inc., Des Plaines, IL, USA

Contour Saws Inc., Des Plaines, IL, USA

Saw blade manufacturer Contour Saws near Chicago, Illinois has what was at one time a large in house heat treating department consisting of a number of top loading Lindberg vacuum annealing furnaces. Their process requirements changed over the years with the result...
Monday Morning Briefing

Monday Morning Briefing

We will start off with an update to a news item we had last week about a company by the name of Cold Heading Company of Cleveland, Ohio, USA auctioning off some surplus equipment, including a number of heat treat furnaces. We made some predictions about what would...